Mississippi State Penitentiary



Lawrence Kelly, Superintendent



Mississippi State Penitentiary



Post Office Box 1057



Parchman, MS 38738



(662) 745-6611



Superintendent's Fax (662) 745-8912



Records Dept. Fax (662) 745-6305



MSP houses male offenders classified to all custody levels, including A and B custody (minimum and medium security), C and D custody (maximum security) and death row. All male offenders sentenced to death are housed at MSP.

The following is a list of the areas MSP is divided into. If you know the unit that your loved one is in, you can find it on this list and know which warden is over that unit, if you ever need to contact the warden.

Area I - Dwight Presley - Unit 29, 15 as well as the Front Vocational School


Area II - Warden Marion Mason - Units 25, 26, 28, 30, 31, and 42

Area III - Earnest Lee - Units 4, 32

Visitation for the general population at MSP is either on Saturday or Sunday, depending on the housing unit.

Regular visits are on the first and third weekend of every month. Trustees are given extra visiting days and may receive visits on the regular days as well as the second and fourth weekend, but the day will still depend on the housing unit.

Visitors will be processed through the Visitation Center between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Visitors are bused to the units and the last bus leaves at 1:30 p.m. Visits are scheduled to start at 9:00 a.m. and will end promptly at 2:00 p.m.

The dress code for visitation is strict and enforced. The dress code can be found at http://www.mdoc.state.ms.us/visitation.htm


Another note on visiting at Parchman. It is now required that all of the proper visitation forms be filled out and recieved in advance of the first visit. One filled out, you must wait on appoval. It is left up to your loved one to contact you and let you know that you are appoved for visits. If you do not have contact for any reason, you can contact Lt. Stevenson (mailto:astevenson@mdoc.state.ms.us). Her contact information can be found with the information in the above link.

Just quick note adding that I found Lt. Stevenson to be very considerate and helpful, far more compassionate than Ms. Reeves at SMCI. She called me and my friend by first names. When he got transferred to SMCI, I got "Offender" so and so is.... Such a difference.

My best to you all in these difficult times.

Just quick note adding that I found Lt. Stevenson to be very considerate and helpful, far more compassionate than Ms. Reeves at SMCI. She called me and my friend by first names. When he got transferred to SMCI, I got "Offender" so and so is.... Such a difference.


My best to you all in these difficult times.
I couldn't agree more. Lt. Stevenson is a wonderful person to deal with, sometimes misunderstood by others, but always respectful.

I also would like to say that Lt. Stevenson showed great compassion for my siste and I last weekend. Our dad was in the hospital and we cam for a visit from out of state. I called Friday around 1:30 to see if we could get a visit to see our brother and she stated that she would get it sent over for approval, but for us to call first thing in the morning to make sure that it was approved on time. I called the next morning at 7:00am and Lt Stevenson said that we were approved. This meant a lot to my sister and I to be able to see our brother and to let him know that our dad was ok. I wish we had more people in the world like her, if we did we would not see so many messed up people. Thanks you again LT Stevenson.

I am really glad to hear that she was able to work out a visit for you; and that your dad is okay.

I also would like to say that Lt. Stevenson showed great compassion for my siste and I last weekend. Our dad was in the hospital and we cam for a visit from out of state. I called Friday around 1:30 to see if we could get a visit to see our brother and she stated that she would get it sent over for approval, but for us to call first thing in the morning to make sure that it was approved on time. I called the next morning at 7:00am and Lt Stevenson said that we were approved. This meant a lot to my sister and I to be able to see our brother and to let him know that our dad was ok. I wish we had more people in the world like her, if we did we would not see so many messed up people. Thanks you again LT Stevenson.

That is great news Dimples. She really is a good and fair woman. I wish she could see these comments.

I wanted to add this picture for those of you who have never visited Parchman. To give you some idea of how big the prison grounds are, this is an aerial shot of Unit 29, one of the larger units at Parchman. There are MANY more, but most are not this big.

I was trying to view the photo of Unit 29 and was unable to due to permission levels. Is there anyway that I can see the photo?

I'm also unable to view this?
(aerial view...)

Here you all go - this will give you the pictures without you having to click anywhere else:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/baileyjojoms/242parchman1_sm.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/baileyjojoms/242parchman2_sm.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/baileyjojoms/Aerial_view_of_Unit_29.jpg

Thanks Jonathan!

thanks... didn't have the privledges either.

Thanx A Whole Lot

My fiancee which is in unit 25 says that they've just got a new warden, do you know anything about this?

i know of nothing, but it is highly possible